Luckily, we happened to have 35 copies of 'Ocean' kicking around and consequently were able to start slapping stickers on like crazy.

I love stickers. I wish publishers would put more on. And use stronger glue as well.

I peeled one off AN Wilson's Betjeman today. The publisher had slapped a large, red "Betjeman Centenary 2006" as if to say "Stop! Fickle customer! Buy this book during 2006, it's the centenary for god's sake. It'll be passed its sell-by-date next year"...